Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer ‘don’t want to reach a solution’ to end government shutdown: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise

The Republican whip in the House of Representatives said Sunday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer “don’t want to reach a solution,” saying that “not one single time” have the congressional leaders given a counteroffer to the president and Republicans who are negotiating to reopen the government.

“Not one single time, George, has Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer put a counteroffer on the table except a dollar. Nancy Pelosi said a dollar. That’s not serious, we all know that. It’s time for them to come to the table,” the congressman said. Pelosi joked to reporters last week that she would offer $1 for the wall.

The current government shutdown became the longest in U.S. history on Saturday, surpassed the 21-day record from the Clinton administration. There are no apparent prospects of a deal between the president and Congress to reopen the government as they continue to disagree on funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, one of Trump’s signature campaign promises.